Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O = presilphiperfolan-8β-ol + diphosphate
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Other name(s): BcBOT2; CND15
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase (presilphiperfolan-8β-ol-forming)
Comments: Requires Mg2+. Presilphiperfolan-8β-ol is the precursor of botrydial, a phytotoxic sesquiterpene metabolite secreted by the fungus Botryotinia fuckeliana (Botrytis cinerea), the causal agent of gray mold disease in plants.
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References:
1. Pinedo, C., Wang, C.M., Pradier, J.M., Dalmais, B., Choquer, M., Le Pecheur, P., Morgant, G., Collado, I.G., Cane, D.E. and Viaud, M. Sesquiterpene synthase from the botrydial biosynthetic gene cluster of the phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea. ACS Chem Biol 3 (2008) 791-801. [PMID: 19035644]
2. Wang, C.M., Hopson, R., Lin, X. and Cane, D.E. Biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene botrydial in Botrytis cinerea. Mechanism and stereochemistry of the enzymatic formation of presilphiperfolan-8β-ol. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (2009) 8360-8361. [PMID: 19476353]